Some of the most popular segments from our Journal are now available as self-contained Archive Features. Some of these interviews have long been available only on aging audio cassettes, so we’re happy to revive them for new listeners.

By default the Features are arranged in reverse chronological order based on the date of the publication date of the Journal in which the Feature was presented. The date on which we released the Feature is displayed above the image. Use the drop-down menu to sort the Features by released date as Archive Features.

Reason and the love of truth

Reason and the love of truth

FROM VOL. 97
James Peters discusses historical understandings of reason and rationality and how they differ from the modern notion of rationality. (21 minutes)
Early ambivalence toward anti-Nazi resistance

Early ambivalence toward anti-Nazi resistance

FROM VOL.107
Biographer Ferdinand Schlingensiepen talks about the memory of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the post-war period of Germany, and how his popularity changed over the years. (15 minutes)
The contested idea of beauty in art

The contested idea of beauty in art

FROM VOL.58
Ted Prescott describes the turn that the role of art in the West took in the 19th century in response to the weight of the “canons” and philosophy of beauty developed during the 17th and 18th centuries. (23 minutes)
Cultural superiority and Medieval romance literature

Cultural superiority and Medieval romance literature

FROM VOL. 164
Tiffany Schubert argues that Jane Austen’s novels subtly incorporate some medieval literary conventions in ways that enable modern readers to experience a sense of wonder, romance, and the benevolence of Providence. (30 minutes)
The beauty of truth and goodness

The beauty of truth and goodness

FROM VOL. 141
James Matthew Wilson talks about how cultivating the desire to perceive the interior life of things sustains the basic human capacity for recognizing truth, pursuing wisdom, and contemplating beauty. (23 minutes)
The primacy of the Body of Christ

The primacy of the Body of Christ

FROM VOL. 134
Philip Turner reflects on how Christian ethics is misplaced if it has as its central concern individual moral behavior or social justice. (28 minutes)
The experience of a “real presence” in sacred music

The experience of a “real presence” in sacred music

FROM VOL. 126
Jonathan Arnold explores why people of no religious commitment pay money to hear specifically sacred music. (22 minutes)
How music blesses and teaches

How music blesses and teaches

FROM VOL. 64
Theologian and musician Jeremy Begbie explores what we learn about time, theology, and the structure of Creation from the experience of music. (28 minutes)
The implausibility of belief

The implausibility of belief

FROM VOL. 123
James K. A. Smith discusses the evangelical and ecclesial ramifications for Christians living within Charles Taylor’s third wave of secularism. (25 minutes)
The pathos of sin

The pathos of sin

FROM VOL. 15
Poet Robert Pinsky discusses his translation of Dante’s Inferno. (9 minutes)
Existential preparation for reading literature

Existential preparation for reading literature

FROM VOL. 128
Rod Dreher recounts how he thought he was reading Dante’s Commedia, when in reality the poem was reading him. (18 minutes)
The soul’s awakening

The soul’s awakening

FROM VOL. 145
Jason Baxter discusses the great psychological subtlety in Dante’s Divine Comedy. (20 minutes)
How literature shaped Lewis

How literature shaped Lewis

FROM VOL. 155
Jason Baxter explains how reading medieval literature enabled C. S. Lewis to become a “naturalized citizen of the Middle Ages.” (25 minutes)
Rehearsing the Christian story

Rehearsing the Christian story

FROM VOL. 101
Thomas Long describes how funeral practices have the capacity to convey an understanding of the meaning of discipleship and death. (16 minutes)
Ethics hidden in economics

Ethics hidden in economics

FROM VOL. 134
William Cavanaugh explains why Christians should think about economics theologically, not just as a science or an ethical discipline. (25 minutes)
Politics and idolatry

Politics and idolatry

FROM VOL. 109
Theologian William Cavanaugh explains how the modern state is a unique kind of political entity, inviting a new kind of idolatry. (26 minutes)